Brad Bell-- Vox, synth:
Justin Eslinger--Bass:
Andy Matter--Drums:
J Aughbern--Guitar
Influences
Stooges, Rocket from the Tombs, Sonny Sharrock, VU...
Sounds Like
The Touched, s/t EP (demo): If you can get past the cover art, which is unlikely given that it features a lone chocolate-covered banana, you'll discover that Louisville's The Touched are yet another band trapped in a sticky sludge faintly reminiscent of the Stooges. As music, the EP barely qualifies: the mealy-mouthed yelps and laughably mixed drumming (um, guitars please?) obscure whatever small pleasures might be extracted. However, as an academic exercise, it does serve as an important reminder of how truly exceptional Detroit's original sons were. For every 1000 bands that attempts this caustic, misanthropic testosterone-punk, maybe one succeeds in avoiding the perilous tendency to bury itself in the rubble. Sadly, The Touched hasn't won the lottery here. ---popmatters.com
Touched play woman - Lebowski Fest 2006
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The Touched play beautifully twisted rock'n'roll.
Too noisy for garage rock, too experimental for punk rock, the Touched occupy a unique cusp in rock'n'roll.
The band, Brad Bell (vox, synth) Justin Eslinger (bass) Andy Matter (drums) and J Aughbern (guitar) deftly combine feedback sqawks, electronic beeps and powerful rhythms that draw on bands like the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, to make a sound that is entirely unique and their own.
no wonder your music makes me want to drink so much...